Category Archives: Parents

Family Support Services Survey

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Focusing on families is your chance to share your views and ideas on improving family support services in Northern Ireland. 

This survey will inform the family support strategy in Northern Ireland, and we want to hear the views of children, young people and parents/carers as well as practitioners. This short, anonymous survey covers five key areas:

  • Purpose of family support services
  • Core values
  • Most valued types of support
  • Future service models
  • Making a difference to families

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FocusingonFamilies25

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Poster with hands holding cut out picture of 4 people, text and QR code

Children and Family Charter – Tell us what you think

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We want to create a Children and Family Charter for Northern Ireland to help children, young people and families understand their rights, know what to expect from services and support staff to work in the best way for them. 

The model for the Children and Family Charter is based on four key parts:

  • Standards
  • Support
  • Share
  • Speak up

By taking part in the survey, young people can help shape how the Charter is made and shared.

Questions? Email: info@statsandstories.co.uk 

This consultation is open to anyone who may have a view — including children, young people, parents, carers, staff, professionals, and policymakers.
We particularly encourage you to share this with children, young people, and parents/carers.
Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ChildrenandFamilyCharterMay25

 

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Image with red colour background, children drawing on a chalk board and text with QR code to scan.

Help Kids Talk

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Help Kids Talk is an award winning project within Early Intervention Lisburn (EIL) which is led by the Resurgam Community Development Trust, the SEHSCT Speech and Language Therapy Team, Barnardo’s NI, and Early Intervention Lisburn partnership. Help Kids Talk is funded by the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. The Help Kids Talk vision is that “everyone will work together to help kids talk”.

The project is a community-wide initiative and aims to ensure everyone with responsibility for babies, children or young people, prioritises their speech, language, and communication development. This project will result in a positive impact across all areas of a child’s life including educational attainment, mental health and wellbeing, social relationships, and employability later in life.

 

Help Kids Talk | NI | Lisburn | Speech and Language NI
Help Kids Talk is a community-wide partnership project that supports speech, language and communication development for children and young people aged 0-18 in Northern Ireland.
Resources - Help Kids Talk
In this section you will find advice sheets and checklists on attention & listening, adult-child interaction, supporting children with unclear speech, creating a communication rich environment and using visual supports. You will also find a resource sheet highlighting the benefits of speaking in your home language within your family setting.
Bite Size Series - Help Kids Talk
Welcome to the Help Kids Talk Bitesize Series. In these short recorded clips, we hear from the lived experience of children, young people and adults, with various difficulties relating to speech, language and communication. We also hear from their parents and from professionals, who offer tips and advice about how best to offer support.
Help Kids Talk Parents and Caregivers Training
Help Kids Talk Basic Awareness and Level 1 Training NI. All courses are delivered by highly experienced speech and language therapists.

 

We run a social media campaign based around 12  key messages of the month, which have been developed as guidance for parents, carers and practitioners to promote early attachment and SLC skills. https://www.facebook.com/helpkidstalk

EWTS- Stress Awareness Month April 2025

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This assembly has been created by the Emotional Wellbeing Team in schools to help promote Stress Awareness Month which takes place in April every year.  The awareness campaign from The Stress Management Society aims to increase public knowledge about not just the causes, but what we can all do to combat stress.

Graphic with text promoting Stress Awareness Month April 2025 and QR code

Graphic with text promoting Stress Awareness Month April 2025 and QR code

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This year’s theme is #LeadWithLove

This theme encourages us to approach ourselves and others with kindness, compassion, and acceptance, no matter the challenges we face.

Small acts of love such as  kindness to a friend, or  practicing self-love can spark powerful waves of positivity that ripple outward.

View full range of EWTS resources: https://cypsp.hscni.net/youth-wellness-web/ewts/ 

SBNI launches new Online Safety Hub

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The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI) is delighted that the Health Minister Robin Swann has officially launched the new Online Safety Hub for young people, carers and professionals. The Hub was developed in partnership with Ineqe Safeguarding Group, and delivered as part of the NI Executive’s Keeping Children and Young People Safe: An Online Safety Strategy. It is split into two sections, one for adults and one for young people and brings together expert advice and resources from a range of member and partner organisations so that audiences can easily access education and support all in one central place.

 

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Hub Highlights newsletter

 

Read and share the first edition of the Hub Highlights newsletter, it features the latest online safety resources and news from partner organisations. Sign up to receive the newsletter every two months.

 

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Help us to spread the word

 

Promote the Hub in your organisation and community by using and sharing the bank of promotional resources – they include a poster, promotional video, social media graphics, email signatures and a stamp logo for websites.

 

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Submit content

 

The Hub is designed to host content and resources from a range of multiagency organisations to help young people, carers, professionals and the general public easily access them all in one central place.

 

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